Lobby Closed – April 24, 2025

BARC’s lobby will be closed on Thursday, April 24 for an all-employee meeting from 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

Outage reports and payments can be made in SmartHub, portal or 1-800-846-2272.

Outage Update – April 14, 2025

Update: As of 10 p.m., due to the thunderstorms rolling through, we have over 1,500 members out across BARC’s territory.

Crews are actively working safely on these outages at this time.

We anticipate that these outages will continue throughout the evening. Please continue to utilize the links and reporting tools below.

• Call 1-800-846-2272 or download the SmartHub app to report an outage.

• Outage preparation resources: barcelectric.com/outage-preparation

• Generator safety resources: barcelectric.com/generator-safety

Outage Update – March 16, 2025

Update at 7:30 p.m.: As another storm rolls in, crews are finishing up the remaining outages from the damage caused this afternoon by several ash trees out of the maintained right-of-way. Please call 1-800-846-2272 or report on SmartHub if you are out of power.

Currently, several areas in Bath County are being affected by a transmission outage due to high winds in the area. As you can see from these photos, there are several poles with damage to restore.

Outage map: https://barcelectric.ebill.coop/maps/OutageWebMap/

Outage Update – March 5

6 p.m. update – Crews are still working on the damage from the storms today. Due to additional storms moving through the area, they have had to stand down. They are hopeful that we will be restored later this evening.

A rotten tree from outside of the well-maintained ROW took down transmission and distribution.

Luckily, no reported broken poles. However broken crossarms and damaged conductor will need to be replaced.

Photos from Jess Pritt

Maintenance Outage – February 17, 2025

For members in Rapps Mill, South Buffalo, North Buffalo, and Moore’s Creek, we have an unexpected planned outage for repairs.

This will last one hour between 4-6 p.m.

Outage Update – February 17, 2025

UPDATE As of 3 p.m., we currently have 180 members off at 31 individual locations. All crews have been assigned and are working safely yo restore

We are proud of this BARC team. They got us down to 450 members without service last night due to widespread tree damage across our region.

As of this morning, we still have 47 individual outage locations to tackle across our territory. All BARC crews will be working these outages throughout the day.

*Outage Map: https://barcelectric.ebill.coop/maps/OutageWebMap/

*Generator Safety: https://barcelectric.com/generator-safety/

*Report Outages through 1-800-846-2272, SmartHub app or portal.

Outage Update – February 16, 2025

Update: As of 10 p.m., we have 52 individual outages with almost 900 members still without power. Crews are working on restoration but with widespread damages across our territory, members should prepare to be off possibly through tomorrow.

Outage Update: At 6:30 p.m. we have close to 3,000 members out. Currently all crews are responding. Due to these widespread outages, we have no restoration times.

Due to a large transmission outage, outages that were called in prior to this may have been rolled into this group. We are asking members from Mitchelltown south to Healing Springs if you are still out, please resubmit an outage through your SmartHub app or portal or by calling 1-800-846-2272.

Storm Preparation – February 12 and 13, 2025

With more inclement weather coming, the National Weather Service has issued warnings for the entire BARC service territory. We are asking members to prepare for possible extensive outages due to ice and longer than usual response times.

After nightfall, if the icing event is active, we will respond to emergencies only. Road conditions in the more remote areas could be nearly impossible to access due to ice and tree damage.

On February 13, our lobby will open at 10 a.m. Payments can be made in Smarthub.

https://barcelectric.com/outage-preparation/

Lobby Closed/Storm Prep – February 10, 2025

Due to the forecasted winter weather for tomorrow, our lobby will be closed on February 11, 2025.

We are also asking our members that due to the impacts of the recent ice and the forecasted potential wet heavy snow for tomorrow and Wednesday, please prepare for power outages and longer than normal response times.

Outage preparation can be found here: https://barcelectric.com/outage-preparation/

Outage Update – February 8, 2025

UPDATE: As of Saturday at 3:30 p.m., we have around 200 members still off from Thursday’s ice storm.

As you can see, tree damage, inaccessible roads and the need for heavy clearing has made restoration almost impossible in some areas. They are fighting through to get over 15 broken poles replaced.

We are hopeful for more progress by this evening but again, some areas might not see restoration until tomorrow. We will have another update this evening. Thank you.

***As a safety reminder: If you come across a downed power line, stay away. Never attempt to touch or move a downed power line or to remove trees from power lines. Downed power lines should be reported immediately.

If you are still out of service, please make sure your outage has been reported through the SmartHub app or portal https://barcelectric.smarthub.coop or by calling 1-800-846-2272.

As of 7 a.m., BARC crews are assigned to outages affecting 267 of the 293 members out in Highland County. We have three contract tree crews with our crews and a crew from @Central Virginia Electric Cooperative.

If you are still out of service, please make sure your outage has been reported through the SmartHub app or portal https://barcelectric.smarthub.coop or by calling 1-800-846-2272.

Thank you again to all our members for your patience. The damage from trees blocking roads and access points has made restoration efforts very difficult. We are thankful to our field crews and office personnel who have been working for two straight days to help restore power.